Peanut-warmer.



PATBNTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

No. 800,309l

c. D. LENDBR.

PEANUT WARMER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5. 1805.

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CHARLES D. LENDER, OF CNTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

PEANUT-WARMER.

l Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Sep'. 26, 1905.

Application filed Tune 5, 1905. Serial No. 263,809.

Toa/ZZ whom t 77mg/ concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES D. LENDER, a

citizen of the United States, 'residing at Cen# tralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Peanut-Warmers; and I do declare the following to be a full, cle-ar, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in peanut-warmers.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character by which peanuts or other commodities may be kept warm and from which the same may be removed in small quantities.

A further object of the invention'is to pro vide means by which the peanuts may be removed from the receptacle containing the same in predetermined quantities.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain'novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. ,l In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation. Fig. 2is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the warmer. Fig. 3 is a side view and plan of the measuring-scoop drawer removed from the warmer.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the warmer, which consists of a hollow base portion 2, in which is adapted to be supported a lamp or other heating device 3. In one side of the base portion '2 is formed an opening 4,'by which access may be had to the lamp or heating device, said opening being'normally closed by a hinged door 5. In the upper portion of the base is formed one or more Ventilating-openings 6, which are adapted to be closed by doors 7 Arranged on the upper end of the base portion 2 is a cover 8, said cover being provided with a central concave portion 9, in which is disposed a chute 10, the outer end of which projects through an opening 12 in the side of the base portion 2as shown. To the upper side edges of the chute 10 are connected inclined guide-plates 13, which are connected at their upper ends tothe upper edge of the conf cave portion 9 of the cover, as shown. The cover 8 is adaptedto be secured tothe upper end of the base portion 2 in any suitable manner, but is preferably secured thereto by means of spring-clips 14:.

Adapted to slide into the chute 10 is a scoopdrawer 15, said drawer being here shown in 1 the Jform of a ,rectangularbom the inner end of which is beveled oli on its upper side to facilitate the passage of the nuts into said scoopdrawer when the same is slipped into the chute.

which the size of the same may be regulated The drawer 15 is preferably provided with a transversely disposed partition. by

to cause the drawer touhold the desired amount Above thek cover 8 and supported thereon is a nut-receptacle 16. Said receptacle may be of any'suitable construction, but is here shown as and is preferably in the form of a glass globe, which will enable the contents to be readily observed. On the outer side of the basepportion 2 of the Warmer is secured a bag-receptacle 17, in which bags may be sup-1 portedfinconvenient reach of the salesman and from which one bag at a time may be removed without disturbing the others.

In arranging the warmer the nuts are placed in 'the receptacle 16, and the cover 8 is then placed on the' open end of the receptacle, af-

ter which the latter and the cover are turnedl right side up and set onto the-base portion 2. The chute 10 will immediately be filled by the nuts from the receptacle 16, so that when the scoop-drawer 16 is inserted in said chute said drawer will be filled with the nuts and when withdrawn will serve as a convenient scoop for placing said nuts into a bag when sold, the scoop. being regulated to hold the desired quantity of` nuts called for or representing the amount of the purchase.A

A peanut-,warmer constructed as herein shown and described will be attractive in appearance, convenient in use, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

From thev foregoing description, taken connection with the accompanying drawings,

l ing device, of a concaved cover arranged on IOO said base, a nut-receptacle adapted to rest on said cover, the latter formingl a bottom for said receptacle, an inclined chute arranged in said cover, guide-plates whereby the nuts in said receptacle are conducted to said chute and a measuring-scoop drawer to remove the nuts from said chute in equal quantities, substantially as described.

2. In a peanut-warmer, the combination with a hollow ventilated, supportingbase adapted to contain a heating device, or' a concaved cover arranged on said base, a transparent nut-receptacle arranged on said cover, the latter forming a bottom for said receptacle, a chute arranged in said cover, `truideplates to conduct the nuts from lsaid receptacle to said chute, a scoop-drawer adapted to be slipped into and out el said chute to remove the nuts therefrom in predetermiued quantities` and spring-clips for holding; the cover in place, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto set in v hand in presence of two subscribingl witnesses.

CHARLES l). LFNDER.

Witnesses:

FRANK F. NoLnMAN, BELLA M. J AMES. 

